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Some of knows locations. No advisories for us. Were going to talk much more about this. Im going to time it out for you. Overnight tonight and into your saturday, more on the even colder air, yeah, it gets even colder, coming in for new years. All right, doug, thank you. And you can get the latest weather updates any time and anywhere on the nbc washington app. And be sure to turn on your notifications to get any weather warnings in your neighborhood. And we have some breaking news. The fbi is raiding an apartment complex right now in loudoun county. This is happening at the courtyard square just behind the sugar land crossing shopping center. Thats on route 7 in sterling. Chopper4 is live right now over the scene and we are still working to learn why the fbi initiated this raid. We also dont yet know what theyre looking for or whether there is anyone in custody. We are working our sources and well keep you updated as information comes in. Tonight new de man who police say led them on a violent chase on busy i95 in virginia. Police say he shot at their cruisers before he turned that gun on himself. It caused a traffic mess yesterday. Well, today Stafford County sheriffs deputies confirmed the suspect is 42yearold gregory lee, and that he did die from that gunshot wound. News4s david culver learned more about his past, including violent encounters with Law Enforcement. David is on i95 in stafford. He just got a firsthand look of just how close a bullet came to hitting that sheriffs deputy. David . Reporter when i say those images, wendy, youre going to be amazed. It is pretty incredible to see. Meantime you look over my shoulder you can see 95 northbound moving smoothly tonight. 24 hours ago many of these drivers, though, were passing their remnants of what was a highway chase and shooting spree. The suspect, you mentioned his name, he is 42yearold gregory lee. He has since passed away, but we lea t the man deputies say is responsible for this is gregory lee. This photo from the Virginia State Police Sex Offender registry, it lists lee as violent. A violence deputies say started with lee targeting his wife. Shooting at a person here. Reporter deputies tell us it started around 11 20 yesterday morning. They say lee shot his wife three times in their hero on park apartment. Gregory lee involved in a shooting coming from the area of plantation off of 17th. Reporter minutes later a state trooper spotted lee. Northbound 138. Reporter police say lee pulled out a gun and started shooting at them on the highway. Neither state police nor stafford sheriff county deputies shot back. We visited the lot to see what the cruiser looks like. Look at that bullet pierced the windshield. Look at the head rest. You see that fr thats where the bullet went through. Incredibly it narrow missed the deputy. They were so professional and they conducted themselves based on the way they were trained, and did a phenomenal job and we know there was some divine intervention involved. Youre talking about a matter of inches. Reporter a search of lees past Court Records show several offenses. One of them a 2008 guilty plea for assault and battery on a Law Enforcement officer. What remains a mystery tonight is why he would have targeted his wife, 36yearold melissa d. Lee. Tragic event, a mindless event, and the three children left behind. It leaves you with these feelings of feeling hurt and sad for the family. Reporter we can tell you tonight the deputy and the Virginia State Police Trooper who were involved in this incident are home, alive and well incredibly. As far as their actions being described as heroic by witnesses and other members of Law Enforcement, wendy. Just imagine how could have been and it was bad enough. Thank you, david. N now to the latest from the bronx where investigators think they know what started new yorks deadliest fire in decades. They say the fire started in the first floor apartment after a toddler began playing with the burners on the stove. The fire quickly spread throughout the building, spread near the bronx zoo. 12 people were killed. The victims includes five children ranging in age from just 1 to 63. Well have a report from the scene in just a few minutes. President trump, who is vacationing in florida, spent the day at his golf resort in west palm beach. The president hosted members of the coast guard. Mr. Trump said he closed down the course to allow them all to play. The president famously criticized his predecessor for hitting the links, but nbc news reports this is the 88th visit by the president to one of his trump branded golf properties. This also marks the president s impromptu interview to a New York Times reporter. He spoke about taxes in china and also focused on the russia probe. News4s leon harris is here a closer look at what he had to say. Leon . Wendy, the interview with the times lasted 30 minutes at the same golf club near president trumps maralago resort. There were no aides there present during this impromptu conversation. The president touched on the russia investigation, saying that he believes special Counsel Robert Mueller will treat him fairly, in his words, but he said the probe makes our country look badly. And he also insisted 16 different times that the probe has revealed, quote, no collusion. This interview also included quite a bit of hyper boll i can language, disputing reports he doesnt fully grasp legislation. He has a better understanding of taxes, quote, better than the greatest cpa. And mr. Trump said chinas president treated me better than anybodys ever been treated in the history of china. Hes been soft when it comes to trade and hopes that china will put pressure on north korea. Now, last night the president hit a nerve with some on twitter with a post that he put out about the cold weather were feeling. He wrote this. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our country but not other countries was going to pay trillions of dollars to protect against, end quote. Important to note that day to day weather completely different than climate, longterm changes. Thats what climate is all about. Meantime while we may be experiencing extreme cold in parts of north america, much of the rest of the world actually above average right now. Wendy, pat, back to you. All right. Thanks, leon. We are working for you and walking you through all of the tax changes to come with the new year. Yesterday we told you about property taxes. Today we are focusing on charity donations. The new tax law doubles the standard deduction, and this has people rushing to make those end of year donations. Good will in arlington with what you need to know. Reporter there are 19 good will locations in the washington area. This one in arlington is one of the biggest in the country when it comes to the amount of donations it receives. You may wonder why so many wait until the last days to donate. Because its the end of the year, and i have procrastinated until this very point. Reporter the items are sold in the good will store. The money is used for job training. The new tax law doubles the standard deduction. That means fewer middle class taxpayers may need charitable deductions. The amount of giving could decline. How will that affect your giving . Well, well continue to give, but, you know, maybe not as much. Reporter the Salvation Army in alexandria uses the sale of donated items in its store to run its 109bed rehabilitation facility for men who live here and get job if donations were to go down, it would be harder for us to do our job here and to take care of the men that come seeking our help. Reporter are you at all concerned that under the tax law next year Charity Deductions may be limited . Very, very much so. Very much so. I think its going to discourage a lot of people doing so, but anyway, you know, youre supposed to do good things anyway. Reporter youll continue donations . Yes, i will. Reporter now, the donation lines at the Salvation Army and here at good will will be open all day tomorrow and sunday. And ive been looking for treasures and look what i found. At first i didnt know what it is. Its a construction crane. Its a construction crane just like we see all around washington and the suburbs. Look at this. It works. How could anybody have given this away . Well, it is for a good cause. Pat . Something for your man cave. Thank you, chris. Thanks a lot. I love it. Hes so happy. Your ride through bethose little longer tonight and this weekend. Metro is making repairs to waterproof the system. That means trains will have to single track between Medical Center and grosvenor during the night and weekend. It it starts at 9 00 and runs through 6 00 sunday and will last through mid february. You wont have to worry about track work on new years eve. There is none scheduled. Remember, metro will be opening will be open until 2 00 in the morning and youll have to pay to catch that late night ride. There is no disputing it, Smoke Detectors save lives. But for many of us, there is about to be such a thing as the wrong kind of Smoke Detector. Why you may need to get a new one or face jail time. Im scott macfarlane. Coming up, the new effort to make your drive to work faster. A new way theyre changing Traffic Signals in our area to hopefully make the drive smoother and quicker. And bitter cold about to make a come back. So is some snow just in time for step of the way. Doug is back with what youre going to what if more of the energy we used came from Renewable Resources . What if the electric grid could detect, fix and even prevent Power Outages . What if our grid were less vulnerable and more secure . What if all these what ifs became a reality . Well, they are. At dominion energy, were completely transforming our power grid and the way we think of energy. To move from what if to whats next. Dominion energy. [ splash ] [ horn sounds ] dang ok, i gotta run. Hey, wait, theres something i need to tell you dang. Dang dang. Dang. See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. Dont say we didnt warn you your new years weekend is going to start with a little bit of snow and end with painfully cold air. The wind chills will be near 0 when we ring in the new year. Doug is on top of it for you. He joins us here in just a moment. And back to that breaking news now in northern virginia, the fbi is raiding an apartment complex in sterling. Jackie benson is the first reporter on the scene and, jackie, what are you seeing on the ground there . Reporter well, wendy, we see agents coming in and out of the home right over there. They have been doing so for hours according to neighbors. And we have some new information about this. We are told this is a warrant that was originated in the Eastern District of virginia which traditionally handles a lot of very highprofile cases. There is a pretty significant presence here of fbi agents as well as some local Law Enforcement and weve seen them and from chopper4 seen them carrying boxes out of this home. At this point, i cannot tell you will the reason, what was the original purpose for this search warrant, what is the target tort search warrant here in this town House Development in sterling, virginia. Now, about the house they are focused on, i can tell you the neighbors tell us that the folks who lived there have not lived there for very long, a few months at best, and neighbors have also told me, we have no idea whats going on here. So, this is one of those things, it may be awhile until we know the answer of why we are seeing this fbi presence here. Live in sterling, jackie bensen, news4. The heavy traffic and the long commutes return on tuesday morning, but there is a plan to help shave time off your drive. Several communities will experiment with some new traffic light technology. Scott macfarlane has the story that you will see only on 4. Reporter matthew till fords 20 mile morning commute is sticky. This intersection can swallow him like quick sand. Any improvement in traffic flow is going to help us. Reporter near white flint in north county bethesda. If there is a train its a lengthy delay. Reporter randolph road unr signal technology, socalled smart signals. Traffic lights operated by complex computer algorithms and sensor devices. They continuously measure the traffic at the intersection and adjust accordingly. Montgomery county is now testing these devices here along montrose parkway between 270 and rockville pike. They monitor the progress at the countys Traffic Management operations center. We have a lot more sensors on the road so depending on whats happening on the road, the adaptive signal adjusts its timing. Reporter county transportation director says the signals could improve the flow of traffic by 10 , a large improvement he says considering no pavement is being added. But they cant use it everywhere. Some intersections sometimes of day are too conjefrted to help. Sometimes it doesnt change anything. Keep in mind if you are sitting in a signal and it takes you two cycles to get through that signal, that intersection is in a saving mode. Department of transportation is using these a ddaptive in littl river turnpike. Prince georges county is considering adding them on Richie Marlborough corridor. In north bethesda, matthew till ford is holding out hope it can ease pain in his neighborhood. The number one gripe is the amount of cutthrough traffic we have. People trying to avoid this. Reporter here in Montgomery County theyre going to continue testing the adaptive Traffic Signals in montrose parkway through july. If it works, they will likely expand elsewhere in maryland. Potentially adopt it in more places in virginia. Scott macfarlane, news4. Back now to the weather, potential snow coming to our region late tonight. That can mean slick conditions on the roads when you wake up. In virginia, vdot tells us crews have been pretreating the roads, but it says with temperatures below freezing, the rs so, its planning to have crews staging tonight to treat roads again with salt and sand when the snow starts to fall. So, we should be ready for this with our scrapers and our ice its not going to be a big deal. But if you live especially draw this line a lot. 66 to 50. If you go from front royal to annapolis, areas there have a better chance of seeing snow fall. Down south is flakes, but accumulating snow to the north. Excuse me. Im okay now. Take a look outside. It is on the cold side and, yeah, temperatures continuing to go down. The potomac, we talked about this the other day, it could be frozen in a lot of areas. Were seeing the ice out there. Temperatures have been in the 20s, well below freezing. Today we saw a High Temperature of 31. That is the unofficial high. Im waiting to see if wuchl two freezing. Well be dealing with ice at that point, too. 28 degrees, winds in the north at 8 miles an hour. Look at the rest of the temperatures. 25 g 28 towards honeytown. Wind chill not a huge factor right now. Wind a factor. 20 degrees, 11 in hagerstown, 26 rather 23 in gaithersburg. So, there is not a lot of wind. That will be changing as a result of our next storm system. The next storm system will bring us some snow. Nothing on there right now. It will also bring us much Colder Weather and the wind. Now, here is the storm. Back to the west, starting to see some clouds moving in across parts of our region right now. But the storm is back toward chicago. They have Winter Weather advisories posted from parts of iowa right on through chicago, right on down towards western maryland including garrett county. They can pickup 4 to 8 inches in some of the areas that produce more snow right around say wisp. Here we are at 11 00. Watch the cloud cover, 2, 3, 4, we see snow making its way in across much of the area. Southern maryland, out of luck. It will be to the north as i mention. C fredericksburg. To the north d. C. Into baltimore, darker purples here, to light to moderate. By 8 00 it is moving out, everybody seeing it out of here by 9 00, 10 00 tomorrow morning. If you can wait tomorrow, travel after 10 00, i think its going to be much better on most of the area roadways. We could see some slick spots in some areas. Now, hirbehind this system it g windy. The wind shift and we get a couple snow showers during the afternoon, some of these could be locally enhanced and the wind really picks up and it gets just brutally cold tomorrow night. How much snow . Well, again, not much. Warrenton, over towards waldorf, d. C. , a knappe nnapolis, less t inch. Maybe a coating in these areas, up to an inch possible. One to 2 inches, frederick, hagerstown, the mountains, parts of the blue ridge, especially back to the north and west may pickup a little more. If youre traveling to the no go skiing towards liberty or snow shoe, or white tail, you may want to leave later in the morning, give yourself a little extra time. The snow will be coming down until about the 8 00 or 9 00 hour. Sunday, 25 degrees, wind chills in the single digits. Im going to take you hour by hour for the wind chill coming up at 5 45. So, make sure you tune in there. But there is one of the most frigid forecasts i think ive ever given here at channel 4. Just based on the fact that we will be below freezing for much of the next ten days. All right, doug. Thank you. You know when you see a bunch of trash piled up in the woods or in an alley, chances are its been dumped there illegally. Now you have someone to call, the dump busters. Well look at the team that fights these environmental crimes. Plus, counting down to 2018, the lastminute push to make sure everything is ready for that ball to drop in tim piles and piles of trash, dozens of old tires, even toxic waste. Those are just a few examples of Illegal Dumping that happens in the district. But now there is a team using technology to fight these environmental crimes. A story youre only going to see on news4, Mark Segraves got a firsthand look at how busters are cleaning up the district. Reporter mounds of trash plagued neighborhoods across the district. This alley is what is known as a hot spot for dumping. Folks by this site dump 55 gallon drum of toxic waste. Reporter you heard right. 55 gallons of toxic waste that could have poisoned our environment. They dont have any respect for the residents of the district of columbia. Theyre dumping anywhere they can. Sometimes that is near waterways, sewer systems. Reporter nathaniel is part of a Multi Agency Task force that includes the department of public works, the department of energy and environment, and d. C. Police. They call themselves the dump busters and for the past two years they focused on just one section of the city in northeast. Its our way of changing the environment one block at a time. Translator the dump busters use various tactics educating residents on how to report Illegal Dumping. We have a dumping hot spot back there as you know. Police work using labels to track down the culprits. And even technology. We employ small trail cameras in locations that the District Department of energy and environment has declared hot spots. Reporter those trail cameras have produced pictures like these that police use to get tag numbers of the trucks and arrest the illegal dumpers. In the last year that ive been doing this, we probably locked up approximately 30 people from doing it. Reporter its not just jail time the illegal dumpers can face. They can have their vehicles confiscated. They can be forced to clean up the trash themselves and face fines. Remember that 55 gallon drum of toxic waste . The dump busters caught that guy, too. He faced criminal penalties and big fines. Our violations, we start at a thousand dollars, and it can go up to as much as 40,000. Reporter the dump buster program has been so successful in reducing Illegal Dumping, it has just been expanded city wide. In the district, Mark Segraves, news4. The Smoke Detector you have in your home may not be it. Why you could face time in jail if you dont have the right one starting january 1st. Im Darcy Spencer at the tsa lost and found office at Dulles International airport where they are taking to social media to reunite owners with the things theyve left behind. Yes, even a bowling ball. And 2017 for storm team 4, dangerous cold, chances hows it going down there . Thats good. Lica misses you. Im over it though. laughter thats fine. I miss her more than you anyway. Hey, my window is closing. Yeah thats okay. Alright miles. I love you. phone hangs up yeah i love you too. Youre watching news4 at 5 00. The big stories were working on at 5 30, the fbi raiding an apartment complex in sterling, virginia. Chopper4 over the scene this afternoon. Weve seen agents going in and out of one unit, carrying boxes, a large fbi van is also parked outside. Investigators will not say why theyre there. Were still talking to our sources. Well update you as we learn more. The Smoke Detector in your house may not be doing its job. In just a few minutes, the important change to local laws that you need to hear about and why it could land you in jail. And more cold air is coming our way. So is the chance of some snow. Just in time for the weekend and the new years eve plans. Time to get an update from storm team4. So, doug, tell us about the time line on the snow and when were going to get the coldest weather. Yeah, time line for the snow comes in overnight tonight and into early tomorrow tomorrow morning. But it is coming in. That means its a very quick moving system. Its going to move across our region most likely start to snow and in and around our region, around the midnight to 1 00, 2 00 hour and again it is out of here by 8 00, 9 00 in the morning. Not expecting much from this. Now, notice where the Winter Weather advisories are. They expand from iowa all the way towards ohio, West Virginia, western maryland garrett county. That is it. Notice we do not have any Winter Weather advisory in our area. It does not meet the criteria and it is happening saturday morning so were not dealing with an Early Morning rush. We could be dealing with some problems. Ill show you who will get the most snow and when the cold will move back in. As cold as it has been, it gets even colder for the new year. Thanks, doug. This evening were getting a better sense of the human loss from that deadly fire in new york. 12 people, five of them children, killed when flames tore through an Apartment Building overnight in the erica bayfield from our sister station in new york has the latest. Reporter the frances family devastated by the fire, 27yearold karen along with her precious children, 2yearold kylie and 7yearold gone. Her husband holt in the hospital, brain dead, and it gets worse. Their 19yearold cousin shan tway young also perished from the flames flooded this five story building. This fire is, i said last night, historic. It certainly is in our city to have a loss of life like this. Reporter in all, 12 dead including five children. Firefighters say a 3yearold playing with burners on a stove sparked the deadly inferno. His mom overcome by the smoke grabbed her kids and ran. Screaming, she exited her apartment with her 2yearold and 3yearold and left the door open. So, this fire quickly spread up the stairs. Reporter 56yearold Maria Baptiste was upstairs with her 8 month old marias brother cant believe he lost her this way. Shocked. I had to come down here and see for myself. Reporter for many more its the unknown thats crushing them. We know there are four in critical condition. Were hoping that its him, one of them is him. His name is emmanuel mensa. Reporter a 28yearold soldier credited with saving lives last seen head odd back into the flames. He was also seen to go back in. Someone said they saw him fall, but theyre not sure where he is. Reporter the fire chief telling us today that its not unheard of for a child to start a fire, but it does not make this any less tragic. In the bronx, erika baifield, back to you. We are working for you with an important reminder to check your Smoke Detectors if you live in the state of maryland. The new law takes effect january 1st. It requires your Smoke Detector to be less than ten years old. Thats because the smoke sensing tecog i talked earlier with fire spokesperson pete peringer. Theyre sealed, long life lithium batteries so you dont have to change them for ten years and they also have a hush button on it. Now, if the Housing Authority finds out you have an old detector in your house, you could face ten days in jail or a 1,000 fine. Pete says you could also have problems filing insurance claims if your home is damaged by fire. Well, youre rushing to get through security, make your plane, keep track of your kids and in that hustle, you forget to grab the watch that you left in the plastic security bin and you think its gone forever. Well, news4s Darcy Spencer explains where you can go now to find things left behind at the airport. Reporter take a look inside the tsas lost and found room at Dulles International airport. Thousands of items passengers left behind at security checkpoints. We found somebodys gold teeth with a stone in it. Reporter the items range from the unusual like this fur piece to the run of the mill. We have black belts, we have brown belts, bins and bins of belts. Reporter what do we have in this room . So, here there are just a few dozen laptops. Reporter many of these items have been lost just since the holiday season, like this photo made into a canvas portrait. Clearly a lot of loving care went into producing this. Reporter some of the items may not be worth your time, like a roll of wrapping paper. But if your child or grandchild was waiting for this doll for christmas, its worth coming back for. New this year, tsa workers are holding what they call a tweet fest. They are posting photos of the items they are holding, hoping to reunite them with their owners. Using social media tweeting out some photos of lost and found items in hopes of raising Peoples Awareness tsa operations. Reporter travelers were able to retrieve some of their lost items. This man got his motherinlaws vest. What will it mean to get this back . It means a lot because it was from her daughter. Reporter this man lost a watch christmas day. He gave me a description and time frame he lost it and it matched up. Reporter the tweet fest, all these items can get to where theyre supposed to be. Darcy spencer, news4. And remember as darcy said, the tsa has a lot of these items posted on its website. You can find a link to the lost and found in the nbc washington app. Search lost and found. With weather like this, its important to layer up. Well tell you how this big pile of socks isnt just someones laundry nightmare. Its actually going to help some local children. And playing politics with a panda, the new revelations about Margaret Thatcher and a panda that was headed for o Margaret Thatchers no nonsense demeanor she exhibited in her life apparently extended to a topic here in washington thats quite popular, pandas. Newly released papers show the former british Prime Minister refused to travel with a panda when she came here to meet with then president ronald reagan. London zoo had agreed to loan lingling at the national zoo. She delivered the panda to garner press. She said, quote, i am not taking a panda with me. Pandas and politicians are not happy omens. She meant it. She did. In this bitter cold, its critical, of course, to stay safe and warm. A Police Department in virginia wants to make sure children are well protected. News4s Kristin Wright tells us about happy feet. Reporter you feel it. The deep winter freeze. Layers are a must. And socks. We do have socks like the avengers for boys. Star wars. Reporter carter is on the case collecting nice, warm socks for boys and girls in the community. It all started his colleague was working a school crossing. A young male approached and he noticed he was not wearing socks. He stated that he did not have any. Reporter so, fair oaks district station in fairfax started a sock drive. Theyve got a big, big pile so far, all kinds. Im really, really impressed by the outpouring of people helping out with the situation. People are always in need and were here to help in any way we can. Reporter theyre asking for new socks to fit Elementary School kids so they dont go without. But with do have people in need. Some people are embarrassed or dont know how to approach someone in reference to needing help. Reporter donations are coming in from across the region and across the country. The fair oaks district station is accepting donations through next week. In fairfax, Kristin Wright, news4. Imagine a second beltway in our region that only some people could use. A beltway that you couldnt access by car, only by bike. Well show you the plan that could make a socalled bike beltway a reality in this region. Huh, huh, okay. Out there tomorrow if youre traveling on bike, not a good idea. We have some snow moving in right now. It moves in overnight tonight and into early tomorrow. And then even colder air moves in. Yea. What if more of the energy we used came from Renewable Resources . What if the electric grid could detect, fix and even prevent Power Outages . What if our grid were less vulnerable and more secure . What if all these what ifs became a reality . Well, they are. At dominion energy, were completely transforming our power grid and the way we think of energy. To move from what if to whats next. Dominion energy. A wintry weekend ahead from erie to chicago to washington, it is a bitter cold end to 2017. The start of 2018 is going to be even colder than this. And on top of that, we are also tracking snow moving in fast across the midwest and its headed our way. Chief meteorologist Doug Kammerer is tracking its every move. How is it looking . The kids got maybe sleds for christmas, keep them in the for sledding in most areas. Im always hopeful. Ill be down with them. Out towards National Harbor, a cold night. Look at this, the capital wheel looking good. They still have ice running right on through january 1st. So, get out there, if you really want to experience the cold. Temperature inside ice at the gaylord, 9 degrees. So, this is balmy compared to that. 26 degrees at 7 00 tonight, dro dropping to about 25. Temperatures stay fairly steady tonight. Thats because the clouds move in and so does the snow overnight tonight, too. 23 gaithersburg, 29 fort belvoir, 26 in manassas. Heres the current wind chills. 23 in gaithersburg, 18 in martinsburg. Were not dealing with a lot of wind. Many of these temperatures are the actual temperatures. Thats some good news here. The wind, however, is bad news, picks up tomorrow afternoon. No snow now. Snow is back to the west. Its creeping our way fairly quickly here as it is making its way in. Now, im not expecting a lot. Less than an inch around the d. C. Metro area, maybe one to 2 inches to the north. To give us more than that but the atmosphere so dry across our region. This is what im expecting for tomorrow. 23 degrees around 7 00 a. M. With light snow falling. That means anything that falls will stick on area roads, especially those neighborhood roadways to the north and west. Im not worried about the highways, the beltway, 95. I think should be okay, but just give yourself extra time if you see some snow on top of it, make sure you give yourself a lot of extra time. 28 snow ending by noon. I think its out of here by 9 00, 10 00 really. Breezy and windy tomorrow night and thats when things turn cold again. Look at the future wind chills. Did i give this again . I did this at 4 00. I didnt put in my pause points. Guys, you have to have pause points. You know what i mean . You guys know what im talking about, pause points. Its all about the pause points these days. Look at 7 00 a. M. On sunday morning. 5 in washington, 0 in frederick. Watch what happens friday afternoon. Remember i told but 9 towards ice, National Harbor . How about 5 00 in the afternoon . Were at 8 in frederick, and everybody wants to know about midnight. How about 1 00 in the morning . Down to 2, down to 2 at 1 00 in the morning on monday. Then of course new years, below 0 to the north and west. This is really a frigid, frigid night. Make sure you have a ride home. The worst thing on new years night, normally its the worst thing you cant find a right. It would be extremely bad if you cant find someone to pick you up. 24 degrees on monday. You know its cold. Wind chills all day in the single digits. Tuesday, plenty of sunshine. Again on the cold side. And we do not go above freezing. The only exception, wednesday. Right now i have it at 33. That would not allow for any melting so we talked about the potomac melting or freezing over last week. I think that thing will be almost completely frozen in many areas. Weve only seen that a few times over the last couple of years till something very interesting and very cold forecast, not a lot of snow in this forecast. I talked about a chance of a big its going to fade off sure looks like. Thats out of here. Good. Good . Mercyfully for us. Its going to be cold, snow. Right . Sorry, doug, maybe next time. Maybe not. So we know that its freezing here and we thought wed check in on some of the other places known for their frigid weather to see just how bad it is in those places. First lets head to the upper northwest. 4300 miles from here. We have anchorage, alaska, the largest city in terms of population. They get about 75 inches of snow a year on average. But at 1 00 this afternoon when we stood at 29 degrees in washington, in anchorage it was 5 degrees. So, were not far from anchorage. 5 degrees, all right. Lets travel a little further, 4300 miles northeast to helsinki, the capital of finland. Helsinki . Yes, helsinki. Today they are getting less than 6 hours of daylight. And as of 1 0ou temperature stood at 39. Its warmer in helsinki. Thats right. The gulfstream goes all the way up there. Probably does. We heard yesterday someone say they were from helsinki and it was warmer there than it is here. Much warmer. Lets go to a city where you expect there to be snow in moscow, which is known for its long cold winters. At 1 00 our time, the temperature in moscow was 38 degrees, still warmer. That jet stream over there. That is balmy. Thats what were talking about. As cold as we are right now in the eastern half of the united states, the rest of the country is so far above average, this is going to go down the second or third warm est year on record. For all of you talking about Global Warming, ill give you Global Warming. Its 20 degrees outside. Its happening everywhere. They call it Climate Change and not Global Warming. People dont get it. Thank you, doug. So, imagine and cars are not allowed. Next month, a regional Transportation Planning board will endorse a new bicycle beltway. The full outer loop would be 45 miles long. It would have additional connections to the heart of downtown d. C. Along the national mall. The bicycle beltway is based on existing trails with hopes to fill in gaps near the district and virginia and maryland. Remember, its just an endorsement for now. You know how fast we do things around here. The Transportation Planning board said it hopes the regional leaders will consider a bike beltway to ease our traffic congestion. Sometimes downtown looks like a bike beltway, which is a good thing. Well, after the year weve had, you may be one of those people looking forward to seeing 2017 in the rearview mirror. From violence, conflict, a wave of natural disasters that we saw in september, this has been a turbulent year filled with major news stories. Nbcs jay gray takes a look back. Solemnly swear reporter it has been a year of change. Challenges. Conflict. And incredible loss. Everyone is running, people screaming and crying. Reporter 22 killed at a concert in manchester, england. 58 gunned down during a slater in las vegas. Eight people run down by a selfproclaimed terrorist along a new york city bike path. More than 300 ambushed inside an egyptian mosque. 26 murdered inside a small town texas church. What can you do, though . Theres not much but pray and cry and hope. Reporter hope, and hard work is what carried houston through historic flooding. I told my wife lets start packing and get whatever we can take and get out of here. Reporter millions left homeless by mother nature. Wildfires in california, the a 7. 1 magnitude earthquake in mexico city, and multiple hurricanes, puerto rico like so many places right now still struggling. This isnt going to happen overnight. This is going to be a marathon. Reporter a political storm. Zero chaos. We are running this is a finetuned machinement reporter continues to rage in washington. I am a historian. I have studied a lot of president s. I have never seen anything like this. Reporter an administration dealing with investigation by Robert Mueller after the president fired fbi director james comey. Former National Security advisor Michael Flynn admitting he lied to the fbi, while issues like north korea, health care, tax reform, and immigration are often overshadowed by online sliets and rants. Partisan ranker, and personal attacks from both sides of the aisle. Currents of anger and resentme reporter that anger spilling over. Republican congressman and staffers attacked while practicing for a Charity Baseball game. Divided protests across the country, fights over confederate statues, marches turning violent. And deadly in charlottesville. The lights of hollywood have never been brighter, shining now on allegations of sexual misconduct, the media and congressmen caught up in the ugly glare from decades of abuse. Giving voice to victims, sharing their pain and anger, many online using the metoo on social media. Questions of equality and racial profiling from police spilled onto the Playing Field in the nfl. Athletes standing up by taking a knee. Still, there have been signs of unity this year. Congressman Steve Scalise back on capitol hill. You have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work in t p reporter millions pausing together. It is the most amazing thing ive ever seen. Reporter to watch the shadow of the moon race from coast to coast during the Great American eclipse. 2017 has been a whirlwind, some might even say a circus after 146 years, the greatest show on earth. Ringling brothers, barn um and bailey circus lowered the curtain the last time this year. The curtain rises on what many hope it will bring with it a new sense of optimism and unity. Jay gray, nbc news. The count down is on to kiss 2017 goodbye. Here is a live look for you at times square as it preps for a crowd of nearly 2 Million People to ring in the new year. The city will have unparalleled security. But despite the heavy police presence, revellers are only planning to have fun. Ron of our sister station in new york has the story. Reporter the ceremonial confetti test went off without a hitch. In just two days, these handfuls of confetti will be replaced by thousands and thousands of pounds of it. The anticipation for the stroke of midnight building. Its wonderful to be here this time of year. Reporter this co crossroads of the world sunday night, but others say the weather caused them to make a change of plans. The cold, number one. And too many people. Were just going to get some food and some drinks and just have a party inside. Reporter theres a lot of preparations friday afternoon, getting ready for the big night. Security checks, too. We saw guards checking vehicles. The n. Y. P. D. Planning the tight est security ever with blocker vehicles in place, truck restrictions on 6th and eighth avenues, and parking garages emptied and closed. It makes me feel safer. And coming in through the mid town tunnel, too, security there. I feel pretty good. I think the extra security is a needed protocol and particularly with the most recent events that have happened here in new york. Reporter new yorkers and tourists alike urged to bundle up as they plan to brave the cold and remember the word, if you see something, say something. The n. Y. P. D. Is the best police force in the world. We have tremendous cooperation th people of this city to do everything we need to do. That was ranna novini reporting. And the news continues with wendy and leon. We have breaking news at 6 00. The fbi zeroing in on a quiet neighborhood in northern virginia. Chopper4 in the air and we have a reporter on the ground gathering some new clues about this mystery raid. Disturbing revelations about the man behind the wheel of a wild chase and shooting along i95. Tonight a closer look at his criminal past, and the heroic actions by officers as we learn just how close a bullet came to hitting a deputy in the head. And record snow and ice as temperatures dip to dangerous lows across our country. And the deep freeze is not going away in the new year. News4 at 6 00 starts now. Well, lets talk about the weather. For many of us, these temperatures have been a real shock to the system. Thats fore colder. Thank you for that. Thank you for cheering us up to start the hour. We have a storm moving in tonight, folks, that could bring some snow for some of us tomorrow. Doug is here now to break all of that down for us. Doug, whats the word . The word right now, you continue to mention the cold and now, yes, the snow, too. Some wind out there today. You saw the flag blowing by union station. Not blowing all that much, but still a little bit of a wind chill out there. Take a look at the current numbers, down to 17. Right now in the city were at 12, in hagerstown 5, State College the cold air it is in place. It is here and now all we need is a little bit of moisture. Thats what were going to get, a little bit of moisture. Nothing out there now. The snow making its way down across portions of cincinnati, close to West Virginia now. Winter weather advisory is in effect for them but not for us. How much are you going to see in your area . Im going to time it out, and take you hour by hour for the overnight and the cold air rushing right back in behind this system for new years. See you back here in about ten minutes. You got it, doug. In the meantime lets go to the